RT-AX1800S - Change to DNS not working

[Hkall]

Picked up an Asus RT-AX1800S router. Upgraded to the latest firmware and factory reset. Setup was easy enough. I inserted the Adguard DNS servers where it says DNS and WINS server setting. This has worked fine on other routers to block most ads on every device on our wifi.

However I am still seeing ads and when I go to https://canyoublockit.com/testing/ it is shown to not be working.

This would be a deal breaker for me on an otherwise decent/cheap router. Before I return it I wanted to see if anyone here has some ideas.

Thanks!

 

[ColinTaylor]

Un-tick the option "Advertise router's IP in addition to user-specified DNS".

A better approach is the leave the LAN DNS fields empty and specify the Adguard DNS servers in the WAN DNS settings instead.

 

[Hkall]

Un-tick the option "Advertise router's IP in addition to user-specified DNS".

A better approach is the leave the LAN DNS fields empty and specify the Adguard DNS servers in the WAN DNS settings instead.

Thank you so much. I completely missed that in the WAN settings.

Note, some ads are being blocked for sure but others are getting through. Almost certainly an adguard dns thing rather than an Asus Router thing.

 

[ColinTaylor]

Note, some ads are being blocked for sure but others are getting through. Almost certainly an adguard dns thing rather than an Asus Router thing.

As more and more devices implement DNS over HTTPS (either in the operating system or the browser) they are bypassing whatever is set on the router.

 

[Gary_Dexter]

Also, if you are registered on the ADGuard DNS Portal, you can change/add "blocklists"